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Chicago, IL – Oprah
and Bishop T.D. Jakes come together for a follow up, ‘roof-raising’
conversation in an all-new episode of
“Oprah’s Lifeclass” on how to unleash the power of your natural
instinct, airing this Sunday, May 11
at 9:00pm ET/PTon
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Throughout the
conversation, Oprah andJakes raise the roof with inspirational
messages on how to become the highest vision of yourself and never
settle for status quo; plus, the Bishop shows viewers that their
natural instincts are really “the treasure map to their souls’
satisfaction.”

EXCERPT: HOW TO TAP IN TO YOUR INSTINCT

OPRAH:
All right. So what is your particular process in tapping into your
instinct? What is it?

TD JAKES:
For me in part it is finding a quiet place. Still waters. Calmness.
I have found I don't make good decisions at night. A little rest in
the calmness of the morning when my mind is fresh, my instincts are
the most keen in the morning. And so sometimes I will write a
letter, but I won't mail it's till in the
morning.

OPRAH:
Me too. Me too.

TD JAKES:
Because I need to sleep on it and instinctively sometimes in the
morning I'll think, oh, don't say that. Move this over here. You
don't even need to do that at all.

OPRAH:
Absolutely.

TD JAKES:
Your instincts are key. Every major move I've ever made in my life
was done instinctively.

EXCERPT: NEVER SETTLE FOR STATUS QUO

OPRAH:
And you say never settle for status quo.

TD JAKES:
Yeah. Never settle for status quo. Get out of the cage. If you can
see out the cage and if you can think out of the cage, then get your
feet and other parts out of the cage. So that you can be --
amen.

OPRAH:
Amen.

TD JAKES:
Amen. So that -- so that you -- while you have the energy to run.
While you've got the energy to roar. While you've got the energy to
go through a period of adjustment. It's okay not to have everything
at first. It's okay, lion, not to know how to hunt at first.
Gradually bring about the change so that when you get to the end of
your life, you won't die in a cage that you were never meant to be
in the first place. (Applause.)

OPRAH:
Tweet tweet. Tweet tweet on that.

EXCERPT: WHAT YOU
NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT NAYSAYERS

TD
JAKES:
In the book I talk about giraffes and
turtles.

OPRAH:
Yeah.

TD
JAKES:
They occupy the same state -- the same space, but they don't have
the same world view.

TD
JAKES:
The giraffe can be in the same geographical location as the turtle.
But the giraffe eats from the tops of the trees and the turtle moves
through the grass. And what ultimately happens in the lives of all
people is that we eat on the level of our vision. Whoo.
(Applause.)

TD
JAKES:
Okay? We eat on the level of our vision.
(Applause.)

OPRAH:
We've got to hold that for a moment. Hello. We eat on the level of
our vision.

TD
JAKES:
Of your vision. Yeah. Yeah. When you are a giraffe
--

OPRAH:
That was good.

TD
JAKES:
-- and you get criticism from turtles, the turtles are reporting the
view from the level they're on.

OPRAH:
Oh, that is so good.

TD
JAKES:
Yeah. It’s a good book.

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About Oprah’s
Lifeclass

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Award-winning "Oprah's Lifeclass" on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, is
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